Population estimates and projections for 14- to 24-year-olds, by age group and race/ethnicity: Selected years, 2005 through 2025

Population (in millions)

Percent change

Age group and race/ethnicity

2005

2010

2015

2020

2025

2005 to 2015

2015 to 2025

2005 to 2025

Total, all ages

295.8

309.6

325.5

341.4

357.5

10.1

9.8

20.9

Total, ages 14 to 24

46.5

47.1

47.9

48.9

51.4

3.0

7.4

10.6

14 to 17

17.1

16.6

17.0

18.0

18.9

-0.5

11.0

10.5

18 to 24

29.4

30.6

30.9

30.8

32.6

5.0

5.4

10.7

White, ages 14 to 24

28.6

27.9

26.3

25.5

25.7

-7.7

-2.6

-10.1

14 to 17

10.5

9.6

9.2

9.3

9.3

-12.3

1.7

-10.8

18 to 24

18.1

18.3

17.2

16.2

16.3

-5.1

-4.8

-9.7

Black, ages 14 to 24

6.8

7.0

6.7

6.4

6.6

-0.1

-2.4

-2.4

14 to 17

2.6

2.5

2.3

2.3

2.4

-11.2

4.9

-6.9

18 to 24

4.1

4.5

4.4

4.1

4.2

6.9

-6.1

0.3

Hispanic, ages 14 to 24

8.0

8.9

11.0

12.6

14.4

36.7

31.1

79.3

14 to 17

2.9

3.3

4.1

4.8

5.4

42.4

30.3

85.6

18 to 24

5.1

5.7

6.9

7.8

9.0

33.5

31.7

75.7

Asian, ages 14 to 24

1.8

1.9

2.2

2.5

2.7

20.9

23.9

49.9

14 to 17

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

1.0

27.1

23.5

57.0

18 to 24

1.2

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

17.8

24.1

46.2

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, ages 14 to 24

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

-2.1

14.0

11.6

14 to 17

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-4.0

22.5

17.6

18 to 24

0.1

0.1

#

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0.1

-1.1

9.4

8.2

American Indian/Alaska Native, ages 14 to 24

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.4

-9.2

5.9

-3.8

14 to 17

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.2

0.2

-17.3

18.9

-1.7

18 to 24

0.3

0.3

0.3

0.2

0.3

-4.2

-0.9

-5.1

Two or more races, ages 14 to 24

0.8

1.0

1.1

1.3

1.5

39.5

34.4

87.4

14 to 17

0.3

0.4

0.5

0.5

0.6

39.1

29.9

80.7

18 to 24

0.5

0.6

0.7

0.8

0.9

39.7

37.5

92.1

# Rounds to zero.

NOTE: Data for 2005 and 2010 are estimates; data for 2015 through 2025 are projected. Total includes other racial/ethnic groups not shown separately. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, 2005 and 2010 Population estimates retrieved May 3, 2011, fromhttp://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2009-nat-res.html; and 2008 National Population Projections by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, unpublished tabulations.